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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
6
Lowell tops Augusta 11 to 6 at the Fairgrounds as Gildea stars for Lowell with five innings of near perfect pitching. Augusta errors costly as Ross and Bradley stumble early and a delayed start due to rain reshapes the contest. Crowd light despite ideal conditions. Leighton muff and Cross rescue plays with a grand effort.
Regan and Merritt starred in a game with double plays by G Regan McLaughlin and Merritt. Gildea issued 2 walks while Ross allowed 4. Bradley hit by pitch. Gildea struck out 10, Ross 2. Ross threw 2 wild pitches. Time 1.45. Umpire M J Mahoney. Attendance 300.
In Manchester Port land won 11 to 2 as Drinkwater pitched for the locals and Gaffney held the visiting batters. Portland capitalized with two first inning home runs over center field, a double and a single for four runs. Seven earned runs came from solid hitting as Manchester never challenged. Portland built a 7 earned run edge, with hits including two-base hits by Barry Conroy Wiley and home runs by O'Brien and Conroy. Attendance 400 amid a game marked by miscues and defensive strain.
Nashua won an errorless game as a light shower reduced attendance. Jones pitched well, limiting Lewiston to seven hits while Smith at short stood out. Boardman opened the scoring with a two-bagger in the first inning, driving in two of three runs. Score:
In Lowell Lowell defeated Augusta 11 to 6 at Lowell. Manchester beat Portland 11 to 2. Nashua prevailed over Lewiston 8 to 3 in Nashua with three decisive league games reported.
A new pitcher today and umpire Mike Mahoney at XXX.- L'Etoile. Moran would win if coaching could, Regan and McLaughlin lead league fielding. Kerin released from Lowell, a pitcher once highly touted. George Regan’s form down from Maine but yesterday’s two base hit pleased managers. Two men arrested for stealing into yesterday’s game. Kerin umpired Manchester Portland game yesterday and may sign with Manchester. Vaughon solid for Augusta. Leighton hints of improved hitting could keep him in lineup. Billie Merritt hammering balls, Lake’s batting eye noted. no pitcher yet. In French L Etoile praises McLaughlin, calling him a small devil with great stuff.
The article notes Allard struck out twice, calls Umpire Mike Mahoney the league’s best, and mentions umpires Lezotte and Moore quitting. It discusses Joseph Callahan of Lowell as a candidate, Billie Connors catching flies in left, and upcoming pivots with Connors and Latimer pitching against Portland and Bangor respectively. Barney McLaughlin is praised as the league’s best shortstop with improving batting.
Harry Bacon of Natick, who once pitched for South Ends and rejected offers from National league teams, will play with Lowell against Portland league leaders. Recon is a six footer and, if in old time form, will likely show Portland bats as full of holes.
The Lowell High school team traveled to Haverhill yesterday and lost a lively game to the local squad by a 9 to 4 score. Key contributors for Haverhill helped push their team to the victory, while Lowell fought hard but could not close the gap.
Yesterday eight ladies qualified for the Hobbs Cup at the Country Club with strong scores aiding handicapping under the Bogey system. Final rounds set for Thursday weather permitting. Wollaston team meets Vesper ladies today in the Women’s Golf Association series.
James F. Moran of Chelsea won the 25 mile motor paced race at Charles River Park ahead of Albert Champion of France and Arthur Ross of Paterson New Jersey. Moran clocked 40 37 averaging a mile about one second below the track record. Champion faded after a Thursday practice fall and dropped out at the 14th mile. Ross rode gamely but lost his pace twice.
Milwaukee wins as Boston loses in a tense game played in Milwaukee on June 4. Hawley held Boston scoreless through eight innings before surrendering four hits and two earned runs in the ninth. Attendance was about 2000. Milwaukee leads.
Milwaukee and Boston played long at Milwaukee five to Chicago three while Washington lost. In Cleveland Cleveland five beat Baltimore nine to Detroit. Philadelphia won one.
In Baltimore at the Coloseum Edouard Taylore the French Champion defeated Burns Pierce the Canadian in the twenty mile motor paced race by 3 laps. Time 36 minutes 45 seconds.
The records show Chicago 6, Boston 5 at Chicago-Chicago. Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 0 at Cincinnati-Brooklyn. St Louis 4, New York 2 at St Louis-New York, called end of sixth due to rain. Pittsburg 4, Philadelphia 3 at Pittsburg-Pittsburg.
United States Minister BP H Conger writes in The National Magazine defending missionaries in China. He states missionaries were misrepresented and not the war’s cause, notes Americans have many missionaries, and recounts urging voluntary settlements with villages to reimburse losses without force.
Compiled scoreline notes show Providence 3 against Hartford Toronto 6 in one pairing. Worcester Montreal 7 with Syracuse 8 in the first game and Buffalo 7 Syracuse 5 in the second.
In Lynn Bangor defeated Lynn 5 to 0. Cambridge Harvard beat University of Chicago 7 to 1. Bridgeport edged New Haven 9 to 4. Waterbury defeated Derby 13 to 0. Norwich beat Meriden 32 to 6. New London split with Bristol 9 to 2 in the first game and 7 to 0 in the second.
The article notes the phrase born in Plutarch reflecting Spartan admiration. It highlights quick wits and brief speech of Spartans and Lycurgus answer about a city built with a wall of men. A diplomat tale ends with the king declaring every man a brick as Sparta's walls.
The New York Sun reports a late short crop with heavy costs and slim profits for strawberry growers. Rain and cold cut yields across New Jersey Delaware Maryland and New England, with Florida berries exhausted earlier. Picking and crating costs plus express charges and 19 percent sales commissions squeeze margins as early berries fetch two cents and later a penny or less per quart. Prices and labor demand drive brutal market dynamics in a season of scarcity.
A Chinatown area dentist notes that Chinese teeth are generally sound and that decay is treated with a gradual finger loosening method rather than forceps. He recalls a patient endure pain stoically until the tooth is loosened by revolving finger pressure, a process lasting about ten minutes.
Pleasant town location near depot schools churches post office. 14 acre fruit farm with 9 room house 3 acres of small fruits large orchard of winter and summer apples pears quinces and other fruits. One of the best located farms on the list. Apply to T. H. Elliott 4 Central St.
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